WUFT-FM's "Tell Me About It": Dr. Hans van Oostrom

“Tell Me About It” is a weekly audio storytelling series on WUFT-FM. Hosted by Sue Wagner, WUFT community relations coordinator, this program focuses on events, organizations and research projects by those that helped create them and those that have benefited.

UF student wins award for picking others' brains with AI

Raul Valle, a first-year Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, won the HiPerGator Early Career Award for 2025, for research on brains using artificial intelligence.

2026 UFIT Tech Fair

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2026 UFIT Tech Fair!

ChompGPT: AI in the classroom

Join the AI² Center's Lily Haak, as she talks artificial intelligence with students around the University of Florida campus.

University of Florida AI² Center Student Club: AI Law and Policy Committee Panel

UF AI² Center Student Club members Makena Romero and Max Glassman lead a thoughtful panel with Professors Jiaying Jiang, S.J.D. and Sonja Schmer-Galunder Ph.D.

UF Researchers Developing AI Tool to Improve Reading Proficiency

The University of Florida Literacy Institute recently received a $2,000,000 grant to support reading instruction and proficiency. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s ETechM² Program, the five-year UFLIAI: Advancing Foundational Literacy with Artificial Intelligence study will develop an AI-enhanced learning analytic tool integrated into UFLI Foundations.

Harnessing AI with drone imagery to detect costly celery disease before symptoms surface

UF/IFAS scientists are launching a grant-funded project using AI with drone imagery to detect costly celery disease before symptoms appear. Led by Katia Xavier, this project aims to help growers prevent major crop losses and reduce costs. #AIatUF

Embark on a mission through the AI Adventure universe, a 3-part course on AI in higher education!

This faculty-focused series will demystify AI and give educators a stronger understanding how AI works “under the hood”, allowing you to make well-informed decisions about the appropriate tools to use in their learning environments.

UF's AI Club took a behind-the-scenes tour of HiPerGator

University of Florida AI Club members Aseel Ismail and Ethan Pecora share the impact of touring HiPerGator with Erik Deumens, Director of UF Information Technology Research Computing. HiPerGator stands as the fastest in higher education in the US for high-performance computing, according to industry-standard benchmarks.

Spanish faculty earns UF AI Teaching Integration Award

Jennifer Wooten, Instructional Professor with UF Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, earns the 2025 AI Teaching Integration Award for developing assignments using AI for students to practice Spanish.

AI opportunities abound

University of Florida junior Analise Stuart shares some of the ways you can get involved with artificial intelligence as an undergraduate student, including the UF AI Club.

Award-winning instructional design integrating AI

University of Florida Information Technology Instructional Designer Laura Jervis shared the 2025 AI Teaching Integration Award, recognized for their collaborative work integrating AI-assisted practice into online Spanish courses for residential students.

Incorporating AI into courses across the University of Florida

Dr. Delores James, Associate Professor in the College of Health and Human Performance and Director of AI Initiatives & Strategic Planning, discusses how UF faculty integrating AI into courses across the curriculum.

Dr. Christian Christensen, Director of Artificial & Business Intelligence for UF IFAS Extension

Dr. Christian Christensen shares how UF Extension is harnessing the power of AI to better serve communities across Florida. AI is helping the UF/IFAS Extension make smarter, data-driven decisions.

How AI is transforming flood prediction & infrastructure planning in Florida

Florida is experiencing more frequent flooding as aging stormwater systems struggle to keep up with stronger, more intense rainfall events. Jones Edmunds's Justin Gregory explains how AI and machine learning are transforming flood modeling in Florida by using high‑resolution data to map flood risks more accurately and predict how future storms may impact communities.

Matt Donovan, CEO of Agriculture Intelligence

Matt Donovan explains how his company, Agriculture Intelligence, Inc., uses AI and Gator alumni to provide actionable insights to growers and insurers, helping the farming community secure our food future.

Dr. Chimay Anumba, dean of the College of Design, Construction & Planning, discusses digital twins.

Dean Anumba discusses some of the positives of digital twins, including the ability to do some high level what-if simulations and analytics to provide a firm path for physical spaces.

Dr. Linda Nguyen discusses how she embraced AI in her classroom

Dr. Linda Nguyen, an instructional associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, discusses how she got involved with artificial intelligence at UF and how she has integrated it into her classes, particularly in teaching pre-health students.

Dr. Monika Oli discusses how AI is influencing teaching

Dr. Monika Oli, a master lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science discusses how she is integrating AI as a "lab partner" for UF students in microbiology and cell science labs.

Dr. Jessica O'Leary, the AI Across the Curriculum Ambassador

Dr. Jessica O'Leary discusses her work in advancing AI fluency among clinical educators through trainings at the Gainesville and Jacksonville's UF College of Medicine campuses. Through her leadership, more than 300 faculty members have engaged in AI trainings.

Britt Woodall, director of special projects at Vobile, discusses why the company supports AI Days.

Britt Woodall discusses the benefits of being part of UF's AI Days as well as how artificial intelligence is impacting the company, an entertainment technology company leader.

Dr. Giridhar Kalamangalam, a UF professor of neurology, discusses how AI is influencing medicine

Dr. Giridhar Kalamangalam discusses how AI can help interpret large data sets and summarize large amounts of information that can ultimately help physicians better diagnose patients.

Dr. Mickey Schafer discusses using LLM for writing

Recap of 2025 AI Days

2025 Gator Hack Winners

2025 Gator Create Competition Winner

2025 Gator Tank Winners

Graduate students from the Warrington College of Business won the Gator Tank competition by building a platform to help low-cost airline carriers in small countries find overcharges that can cause these carriers to go bankrupt.

Don't Miss AI Days 2025

Join us for the fourth annual AI Days, October 27-29. From student competitions and workforce readiness to panel discussions highlighting interdisciplinary collaborations, AI Days showcases all things AI at UF.

AI Opportunities for UF Students

UF College of Health & Human Performance Dean Michael Reid at AI² Summit

UF AI Scholar Matheus Kunzler Maldaner

FSU's Dr. Paul Marty, associate vice provost for academic innovation

UF's Blue Sky Task member Dr. Jane Southworth

As chair of the department of geography, Dr. Jane Southworth co-chaired the university's quality enhancement plan for accreditation that focused on building an AI university. The Blue Sky Task force is working to put top ideas forth for what's next in AI at UF.

Dr. Andrea Ramirez Salgado discusses how she has made AI more accessible to her students

Dr. Andrea Ramirez Salgado discusses how she has made AI more accessible in the classes that she teaches - many of them foundational courses in applied machine learning and applied deep learning.

AI at UF: Dr. Cleverson de Souza

In his Veterinary Clinical Pathology course, Dr. Cleverson de Souza is demystifying the possibilities and limitations of Generative AI for students. Exploration of building chatbots to support case-based student learning in his field holds great potential to reinforce learning in Veterinary Medicine. AI at UF: Dr. De Souza.

AI at UF: Dr. Michael Maymi

Dr. Michael Maymi from the UF College of Nursing strives to engage students in his Pediatric Acute Care courses with clinical reasoning skills. Using AI tools, like Microsoft Copilot, DNP students can create and critically evaluate patient case studies about important course topics. This scaffolded cycle of creation, evaluation, and refinement guides student exploration of AI and sets a framework for understanding the limitations and ethical applications of AI throughout their careers.

UF student Catalina Vaca

EAB's Davis Cousar at the AI2 Summit

UF Senior Instructional Designer Leslie Mojeiko discussing prompt engineering

UF's Center for Instructional Technology has developed a cook book and a cooking show on how to "cook" big data. 

AI experts discuss AI Agents

UF's Vice President and Chief Information Officer Elias Eldayrie at AI² Summit

Technology plans an important role in supporting artificial intelligence. The better the technology, the better you can recruit best teaching and student talent. Up to 8K UF students use HiPerGator in their research each semester.

UCF's Dr. Sherry Rankins-Robertson at AI² Summit

Auburn University's Dr. Asim Ali at the AI² Summit

AI at UF: Dr. Shenhao Wang

AI has a concrete relationship with students' lives. Building direct connections between real-world questions and the insights that computational AI methods provide motivates learning in Dr. Shenhao Wang’s AI in the Built Environment course.

AI at UF: Millicent Johnnie

AI has the potential to help students connect concepts to “aha moments” of realization in the arts. Students in a first-year dance composition course use AI tools in a series of weekend projects. This affirms their feelings and allows them to creatively design a world they could only imagine before.

UF Interim Provost Dr. Joe Glover at the AI² Summit

Frank Attaie, IBM General Manager of Technology for the Public Sector

The benefits and drawbacks of human-AI robot companionship

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications researchers studied the benefits and drawbacks of human-AI robot companionship

How researchers are helping make artificial intelligence safer by breaking it

As AI assistants move from novelty to infrastructure, helping write code, summarizing medical notes and answering customer questions, the biggest question is what happens when they are pushed to do what they shouldn't. 

How UF students are exploring the future of music through AI

Watch Felipe Tovar-Henao, assistant professor of AI and Composition at the University of Florida School of Music, explain how his students are exploring the future of music through technology.

Louis Stewart, NVIDIA's Head of Strategic Initiatives

Louis Stewart, the global head of strategic initiatives for NVIDIA's developer ecosystem, discusses how the next two years are critical in getting a workforce trained so that potential employees can compete for jobs effectively.

Kurt Schmidt, NVIDIA Higher Education Research Group

NVIDIA Higher Education Research Group's Kurt Schmidt discusses the rigor and completeness of the University of Florida's AI curriculum. 

AI² Summit Recap

The AI² Summit, held Feb. 17-19, 2025 in Orlando and hosted by the UF AI2 Center, brought together AI visionaries from 43 states and five foreign countries together to elevate AI teaching in higher ed. Here's a brief recap video featuring some panelists/speakers.

Dr. Celeste Wilkins and AI-Powered in Athletics Research Group

Jeremy Collins, University Athletic Association

Dr. Erik Deumens, UF Information Technology Research Computing

Amanda Smith - UF Student

Dr. Karim Oweiss uses AI to predict astronaut health in Space

Dr. Karim Oweiss discusses how UF is integrating AI into space travel to monitor and predict impacts on astronauts.

Dr. Jasmeet Judge uses AI and GIS

Dr. Jasmeet Judge discusses how UF is integrating AI into satellite operations to learn more about crop growth.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Soohyoun Ahn

Experimentation, hands-on problem-based learning, and iterative improvement are important components of AI pedagogical approaches at University of Florida. When Dr. Soohyoun Ahn first integrated an AI assignment in her Food Regulations course, the results weren’t what she expected. However, through experimentation and iterative improvement, she is incorporating an improved AI assignment to deepen student learning about her topic.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Sarah Doore

Exam anxiety is real! High-stakes, timed, multiple choice exams are necessary in most high-enrollment courses, but do not work for all students. Out of sensitivity to student needs and to accommodate exceptional hardships, Dr. Sarah Doore from Microbiology & Cell Sciences came up with an innovative solution: using AI to create alternative exam items.

AI Across the Curriculum: Darius Brown

Darius Brown’s visualization students use AI to help them conceptualize how lighting or camera-angle changes will impact their final product while the stakes are low. Failing early and often accelerates learning for students with less experience.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Soohyoun Ahn

Dr. Soohyoun Ahn, from the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, teaches a large general education course, FOS2001: Man’s Food. When you have up to 600 students in an online course, learner engagement can be a challenge. Dr. Ahn has found creative solutions for redesigning discussion boards with AI-enabled tools like Perusall to increase interaction with peers. She has also designed creative AI assignments that engage students with course content.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Taryrn Brown

Dr. Taryrn Brown’s first encounter with AI in her classroom set her on a journey from an accountability-focused mindset to a student-learning-focused mindset. As a professor of Teachers, Schools, & Society, her students will encounter AI in their practice and it will be a powerful tool for them and their students. Speaking directly with students and partnering with them to rethink how AI could be covered in her courses was impactful. Dr. Brown integrates modules focused on AI as a digital ecology and challenges students to think about how AI can be a tool for both students and teachers.

Enabling AI at UF: Dr. Sanethia Thomas

AI tools could be a threat to academic integrity in a large coding fundamentals course, but one professor’s innovative approach elevates AI as a way to help students grasp theoretical concepts and visualize multiple solutions to coding problems.

Use & Apply AI at UF: Software Engineering with Dr. Sanethia Thomas

In Dr. Sanethia Thomas’ software engineering course, she encourages learners to use and apply AI to expand their concept of what is possible in a semester. Using project-based learning to contribute to client needs and existing open-source software brings a level of real-world engagement into her course.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Hongwu Wang

Even without a strong technical background, undergraduate students in an AI and robotics course are using project-based learning to identify accessibility challenges in their community and use technology that includes machine learning to solve them.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Jasmine McNealy

Current events and real-world dilemmas provoke critical thinking about AI Ethics. In her Media Law and Policy course, Dr. Jasmine McNealy, engages learners with a synthesis project centered around AI deep fakes. Groups debate multi-faceted perspectives about deep fakes in three areas: 1) free speech, 2) defamation, 3) intellectual property. Ultimately, this process will provide students with a framework for ethical evaluation of technologies that will support appropriate decision-making in their future careers.

Dr. Rachael Seidler takes AI to space

Dr. Rachel Seidler, Deputy Director of the UF Astraeus Space Institute, discusses the way UF professors are applying AI to the study of space. 

Dr. Eric Du reduces delays in space with AI

Dr. Eric Du discusses how AI is being used to solve one of the biggest problems in space travel: delays.

2024 AI Days Panel: Digital Twins

The field of digital twins is evolving rapidly. This panel focuses on how these technologies apply across various scales—from human anatomy to city-wide infrastructure. Digital twins combine real-time data, simulations, and AI to create virtual replicas of physical systems, enabling improved decision-making, predictive modeling, and efficiency across multiple domains.

Panelists: Dr. Jorg Peters, Department of Computer and Information Sciences Engineering; Dr. Joel Harley, Electrical Computer Engineering; Dr. Chimay Anumba, dean and professor, College of Design, Construction and Planning; Dr. Raymond Issa, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management; Dr. Ravi Srinivasan, College of Design, Construction and Planning; Dr. Christine Angelini, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences; Jeff Carney, School of Architecture; Dr. Changjie Chen, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Meredith Nappy

In Dr. Meredith Nappy's course, students learn to see the world through a public health lens. Using AI image generators and reflection provides concrete examples of how implicit bias can influence decision-making and allows students to practice critical thinking skills.

2024 AI Days Panel: AI In Space

Panelists: Dr. Rachael Seidler, Health and Human Performance;  Dr. Jasmeet Judge, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS; Dr. Karim Oweiss, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE);  Dr. Jaehan Bae, Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Dr. Eric Jing Du, Civil and Coastal Engineering, HWCOE

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Caleb Stair

In writing epistolary duels, students are strong at writing the side that they support but use weak or strawman arguments for the opposing side. In Dr. Caleb Stair’s course, students had AI role-play the opposing side to strengthen their debate skills.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Kaitlin Alexander

In the Critical Care Pharmacy Elective, students critically evaluate AI-generated drug information with an evidence-based medicine lens. Dr. Kaitlin Alexander, winner of the inaugural AI Course Integration Award, designed this assignment to allow them to practice applying AI responsibly.

ChatGPT and Media: A Conversation with Janet Coats

Transforming Assessments and Teaching in the Age of AI and ChatGPT

This presentation discusses academic integrity at the K-12 and higher ed levels and how to help students navigate the new world of AI, how to educate students on its use but not as a substitute for true learning, and how to assess their learning as we move students from what was to what will be. Panelists include Michael Barber, assistant director for the UF Center for Teaching Excellence; Sid Dobrin, professor and chair of the UF Department of English; Chris Sharp, educational technologist at the Center for Instructional Technology; Margeaux Johnson, Center for Instructional Technology; and Leota O'Malley, online course quality specialist for the Center for Teaching Excellence.

GenAI Trends in the Market: A Comprehensive Overview for All

Shaping the Future of the Entertainment Industry with AI Technologies

Britt Woodall with Vobile, a world leader in technology that focuses on protecting intellectual property related to video/audio, discusses the regulatory policies that are coming out in the entertainment industry and what his company is wanting in new hires.

Extending the Data Revolution for Biological and Cultural Diversity

Florida Museum of Natural History curators Arthur Porto and Nicolas Gauthier, along with Graduate Research Assistant Jacob Idec discuss the power of AI in helping catalog and digitize museum collections that are vast and have been primarily manually sorted, and how these objects relate to cultural and natural heritage.

Becoming a ChatGPT MVP for Professional Documents

Rob Kairuz, a career coach at UF's Career Connections Center, discusses how he helps students understand and use ChatGPT to help student improve resumes and get interviews. His discussion provides tips on how to combine ChatGPT with one's authentic voice for outcomes that can be successful with recruiters and potential employers.

AI in Health: The Perils of AI Learning from Healthcare Data

AI in Agriculture: From Lab to Table, Applications of AI Models Across the Agricultural Value Chain

UF researchers discuss the use of artificial intelligence in flavor preference in fruits and coffee, AI and machine learning to reduce food waste, AI in precision livestock farming, and how data ethics can be represented in digital agriculture.

Navigating the AI Integrated Workforce

Panelists Angel Iverson, interim director of the UF Career Connections Center, Damon Woodard, director of the Florida Institute for National Security, and Avik Batra with Accenture, a consulting firm on generative AI, discuss the technical and non-technical skills employers are seeking in employees who will join an AI-enabled workforce. Marquis McGriff who works jointly with the Career Connections Center and the AI2 Center moderates.

Digital Twins: Examples From Various UF Colleges

UF researchers and panelists Azra Bihorac, Karla Saldana Ochoa and Christine Angellini discuss the use of digital twins in hospitals, architecture and the environment as a means to make more cost- effective improvements for a better world. Dr Bihorac is with UF Health, Dr. Ochoa is with the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning, and Dr. Christine Angellini is with the Center for Coastal Solutions at the University of Florida.

Digital Twins: Hardware and Software Resources for Building Digital Twins

Panelists Erik Deumens, director of research computing at UF, Zoe Ryan, solutions architect for NVIDIA, and Ying Zang, IT manager for UF research computing, discuss what resources are needed to build a digital twin and how UFIT supports digital twin projects.

Commercializing Your AI: Lessons and Challenges from Spinning Off AI Companies

UF researchers Yu Wang, associate professor of food science, Henry Medeiros, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and Matthew Donovan, CEO of Agriculture Intelligence discuss working with UF's Office of Licensing and Technology as well as the U.S. Patent Office to bring ideas to commercialization.

Generative AI in Media and Society: Contributions and Implications of AI-Powered Content Creation

Generative AI Adoption in Business

Artificial intelligence can be seen as a distraction and a solution to businesses. Join UF's Warrington College of Business researchers Joel Davis and Mike Carrillo who share their insights and how generative AI may contribute to your business marketing plan.

Examining Humanity Through the Lens of Algorithmic Art

Algorithmic Justice

A discussion of ethical and trustworthy AI in relationship to privacy and use of data with panelists Barbara Evans, UF's Levin College of Law; David Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy; and Hina Shaikh, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.

2024 AI Days: Gator Hack Competition

The Gator Hack Competition is sponsored by IBM and SwampHacks. With 48 hours to rise to the challenge, students work in interdisciplinary teams to develop solutions emphasizing the utilization of AI. Gator Hackathon students assembled on Monday, October 28, for presentations and the announcement of winners.

2024 AI Days: Gator Tank Pitch Competition

Some of UF's brightest entrepreneurial students have signed up to pitch their best ideas at Gator Tank, a competition designed to bring students' cool ideas to life - with an emphasis on artificial intelligence.

2024 AI Days: Generative AI and Arts Competition

AI Day's newest competition for artists, designers, musicians, writers, performers, architects, and other creatives to showcase the possibilities of generative artwork.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Emily Bald & Dr. Eric Vallee

For instructors in the University Writing Program the introduction of Generative AI was a disruptive technology that could have challenged teaching the core value of their discipline - critical thinking. However, they have found innovative ways to leverage AI as a conversational partner that deepens learning, inspires creativity, and provides students with new perspectives. Here Dr. Eric Vallee and Dr. Emily Bald describe generative AI writing assignments that use AI as a partner for self-reflection.

AI Award Winners

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Sanethia Thomas

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Stacey Ann Benjamin and Melanie Veige

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Megan Mocko

Real-world data that engages students in meaningful ways is not always available. Dr. Megan Mocko from UF’s Warrington College of Business is meeting this challenge using AI to help generate datasets on topics that are important for her learners. This heightens students’ interest in her large enrollment Statistics for Business course and connects fundamental statistical concepts to relevant applications in their lives.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Walter Balser

There are complex theoretical frameworks in Educational Leadership that are difficult to convey in a practical, direct way for students. With AI assistance, Dr. Walter Fernando Balser augmented activities with relevant examples for students to connect theory and practice, thus increasing student engagement.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Mickey MacKie

In her course Data and Machine Learning Methods in the Geosciences Dr. Emma “Mickey” MacKie empowers future scientists with the knowledge that they can do a lot even with simple machine learning tools. Students gain experience with advanced AI systems but always put “science first.” Through exploration of real-world problems, like debating if and when AI should be used to predict flooding, students learn the importance of choosing the appropriate tool for the scientific need.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Andrea Ramirez Salgado

Freshmen engineers need to learn how to solve problems by extrapolating known solutions and creatively applying them to new contexts. Using AI algorithms that can be downloaded directly into micro-controllers within sensors allows students to openly explore ways to collect data and program decisions based on real world data. This process of inquiry and experimentation helps clear up student misconceptions about AI and pushes them to a deeper level of learning early in their engineering career.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Matt Gitzendanner

AI Across The Curriculum: Dr. Garrett Beatty

Dr. Garrett Beatty from the UF College of Health & Human Performance is the recipient of the 2024 Teaching Across the Curriculum AI award. He has evangelized AI adoption at the college and university levels, integrated AI into his courses, and gave students hands-on experience with machine learning and chatbot training. His problem-based learning approach provides students with authentic learning experiences.

UF AI Across The Curriculum: Diego Alvarado

Diego Alvarado believes that AI is for everybody and challenges his students to apply it in real world scenarios by simulating a sea turtle conservation internship where they train their own AI and practice using it for real world applications.

Dr. Sid Dobrin on GenTech showcased at UF's AI Days

It's not just higher education that's changing, it's the entire world changing with GenTech's influence. Hear UF's Chair of English, Dr. Sid Dobrin, discuss how guiding students in GenTech prepares them for tomorrow's workforce.

Amelia Winger-Bearskin on AI education for tomorrow's workforce

Dr. Maya Israel on teaching AI in K-12

AI Scholar Avery Teman discusses UF student opportunities in AI

UF's HiPerGator, the Fastest Computer in Higher Education

Digital Twins: UF researchers discuss how they are implementing digital twins at UF

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Mickey MacKie

Robust undergraduate research experiences and hands-on mentoring are essential components of UF’s AI Across the Curriculum Initiative. Dr. Emma “Mickey” MacKie has fostered undergraduate research experiences with AI including: developing a unique “AI-CURE” (or AI Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience), advising the Women in High Performance Computing Club, and mentoring students in her geoscience lab to leverage neural networks as they map topography under glaciers.

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Borui Zhang & Dr. Anthony Botelho

AI Across the Curriculum: Dr. Matt Gitzendanner

To solve real-world problems in the biological sciences, future scientists need to understand a variety of AI tools, practice applying AI methods, and experience working with real datasets. The "AI in Biology" course, taught by Dr. Matt Gitzendanner, gives students hands-on experience applying AI models to biological data.

AI Across the Curriculum: What is AI? with Dr. Joel Davis

AI Across The Curriculum: Dr. Ruogu Fang

Dr. Ruogu Fang, winner of the 2023-2024 Inaugural AI Course Award, prepares students in a Medical AI course for a world where AI literacy is an essential part of the medical field. Students practice training and using AI to develop authentic skills.

AI Across The Curriculum: Dr. Sanethia Thomas

Dr. Sanethia Thomas from UF's Computer & Information Science Engineering Department challenges students to apply AI to solve real-world problems. Through study abroad programs that employ a "service abroad" model, learners can partner with non-profits to create meaningful impacts in a community. AI creates possibilities for rapid prototyping and iterative design, allowing for an accelerated software development cycle.

AI Across The Curriculum: Dr. Mickey MacKie

AI Across The Curriculum: Dr. Kaitlin Alexander

As she guides pharmacy students through holistically understanding patient needs in a Trauma ICU setting, Dr. Kaitlin Alexander is passionate about teaching information literacy for health professionals. Integrating AI into a clinical rotation assignment has provided an innovative approach to covering disease state topics and critical evaluation of information side-by-side. As part of an iterative process in conversation with their instructor and peers, students prompt AI for disease state information, reflect on their own knowledge, review for inaccuracies, refine prompts, and develop more solid concepts related to the materials.

UF researchers discover whether AI or humans are better at detecting deepfakes

In a large recent study, psychologists and computer scientists at the University of Florida found that AI programs were up to 97% accurate at detecting pictures of deepfake faces. Participants in the study performed no better than chance. However, the algorithms’ performance declined sharply when it came to detecting deepfake videos.